The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

This mighty white oak in Bethesda survived both the American Revolution and the construction of Washington D.C.'s metro red line.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.